ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52013
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| Date: | Tuesday 20 April 1943 |
| Time: | 02:13 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 151 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DZ755 |
| MSN: | DZ-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Smeerling (municipality Vlagtwedde), Groningen. -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wittering, Northamptonshire |
Mosquito DZ755: Took off at 00:45 hrs for Night Ranger mission. 20/04/1943
Missing. Shot down by AA in Asschendorf. Apparently, whilst crossing the coast line via the Frisian Islands.
Crew:
F/O (126.770) David Alastair SPAROW (pilot) RAFVR - killed
P/O (50223) Victor Gordon BROWN (obs) RAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.151squadron.org.uk/
3.ORB 151 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 June 1943 | DZ707 | 151 Sqn RAF | 0 | English Channel near RAF stn Predannack, Cornwall, England. |  |
min |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
| 23 June 1943 | DZ740 | 151 Sqn RAF | 2 | English Channel near RAF stn Predannack, Cornwall, England. | |
w/o |
| 1 October 1945 | NT489 | 151 Sqn RAF | 2 | RAF stn Predannack, Cornwall, England | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Nov-2009 22:06 | NePa | Updated |
| 21-Jan-2010 03:38 | NePa | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 31-Oct-2011 13:46 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Feb-2012 13:48 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2013 06:52 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 27-Jun-2014 09:06 | Next | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 25-Jul-2015 08:37 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 06-Apr-2016 10:29 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Apr-2018 15:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-May-2018 09:45 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 07-Sep-2018 13:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 07-Sep-2018 14:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 16-Sep-2021 11:38 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 25-Dec-2021 17:50 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
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